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How’s this for a Kumbaya moment: all 100 employees at the
Barbarian Group, a New York-based creative agency, sit around the
same gigantic desk -- a 4,400-square-foot architectural one-off
that resembles a skateboard half-pipe and was designed to foster
a team mentality.

The structural underpinnings of the desk were laser-cut by
vintage automotive robots in Los Angeles using low-cost materials
like plywood, MDF and plate steel, explains Barbarian chairman
Benjamin Palmer. These components were then flat-packed and sent
to New York -- whereupon a surfboard-like resin was poured atop
the hilly structure over the course of a day and a half to make
“one continuous, seamless surface.”

The vast structure also means that the Barbarian Group’s various
departments aren’t situated separately, but rather flow into one
another, explains Palmer, encouraging cross-pollination and
casual interaction.

And being that everyone in the office is somewhat intimately
gathered around the same workspace, the “superdesk,” as it’s
called, also features sloping archways and slight nooks under
which employees can escape to seize a private moment.

Conceived by Clive Wilkinson Architects in Los Angeles, Barbarian
likens the creation to “4,400 square feet
of undulating, unbroken awesomeness to keep people and ideas
flowing.” See for yourself in the video below.